Quarter century of University of Miami transformation

Written by Genevieve Bowen on April 23, 2025

Kicking off the fall semester, more than 80,000 fans packed the Orange Bowl for a home game in October 2000 and watched as the University of Miami snapped a six-year losing streak to Florida State – a moment that knocked the top-ranked Seminoles off the college football mountain and propelled the Hurricanes toward dominance at the dawn of the new millennium.

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